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I saw Manning pitch last week and I hope I got him on a bad day because he did not impress. He was sitting at 90 MPH and never went above 92. He had good control but was very hittable with few swings and misses. It is possible that the gun was slow.

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I saw Manning pitch last week and I hope I got him on a bad day because he did not impress. He was sitting at 90 MPH and never went above 92. He had good control but was very hittable with few swings and misses. It is possible that the gun was slow.

You should tell all the internet scouts what you saw.

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I saw Manning pitch last week and I hope I got him on a bad day because he did not impress. He was sitting at 90 MPH and never went above 92. He had good control but was very hittable with few swings and misses. It is possible that the gun was slow.

I had read that Keith Law was down on him because he said this was his velocity. otoh I've read where scouts said his stuff was crazy good his first outing when he struck out everybody. So who knows, it's possible he's working on things, it's possible his fastball really is down.

His numbers and peripherals are all really good for a 19 y/o so I'm not worried either way.

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I had read that Keith Law was down on him because he said this was his velocity. otoh I've read where scouts said his stuff was crazy good his first outing when he struck out everybody. So who knows, it's possible he's working on things, it's possible his fastball really is down.

His numbers and peripherals are all really good for a 19 y/o so I'm not worried either way.

I am not worried either, just adding my low weight data point to the discussion. There are different reasons why his velocity could be down as people said here.

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I saw Manning pitch last week and I hope I got him on a bad day because he did not impress. He was sitting at 90 MPH and never went above 92. He had good control but was very hittable with few swings and misses. It is possible that the gun was slow.

I assume you saw him in Connecticut? The Dodd Stadium gun is very slow. Always has been. You have to sit behind the plate and peek at the scouts' guns if you want to know how hard a guy is actually throwing. I was at Manning's start a few days ago. His fastball sat 92-94 and touched 96.

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I assume you saw him in Connecticut? The Dodd Stadium gun is very slow. Always has been. You have to sit behind the plate and peek at the scouts' guns if you want to know how hard a guy is actually throwing. I was at Manning's start a few days ago. His fastball sat 92-94 and touched 96.

Yes I saw him it CT and Thanks!

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I saw Manning pitch last week and I hope I got him on a bad day because he did not impress. He was sitting at 90 MPH and never went above 92. He had good control but was very hittable with few swings and misses. It is possible that the gun was slow.